Phylogenetic placement and diet of homalopsid snake <i>Miralia alternans</i> (Ruess, 1833)

Ibuki Fukuyama; Tomonori Kodama; Koshiro Eto; Masafumi Matsui; Mohamad Yazid Hossman; Kanto Nishikawa

doi:10.24272/j.issn.2095-8137.2022.083

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Ibuki Fukuyama, Tomonori Kodama, Koshiro Eto, Masafumi Matsui, Mohamad Yazid Hossman, Kanto Nishikawa. Phylogenetic placement and diet of homalopsid snake Miralia alternans (Ruess, 1833). Zoological Research, 2022, 43(5): 734-737. doi: 10.24272/j.issn.2095-8137.2022.083

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Ibuki Fukuyama, Tomonori Kodama, Koshiro Eto, Masafumi Matsui, Mohamad Yazid Hossman, Kanto Nishikawa. Phylogenetic placement and diet of homalopsid snake Miralia alternans (Ruess, 1833). Zoological Research, 2022, 43(5): 734-737. doi: 10.24272/j.issn.2095-8137.2022.083

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Phylogenetic placement and diet of homalopsid snake Miralia alternans (Ruess, 1833)

doi: 10.24272/j.issn.2095-8137.2022.083

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Graduate School of Human and Environmental Studies, Kyoto University, Yoshida-Nihonmatsu, Sakyo, Kyoto 606-8501, Japan
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Graduate School of Science, Kyoto University, Kitashirakawa, Oiwake, Sakyo, Kyoto 606-8502, Japan
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Kitakyushu Museum of Natural History & Human History, Higashida 2-4-1, Yahatahigashi, Kitakyushu, Fukuoka 805-0071, Japan
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Research, Development, and Innovation Division, Forest Department Sarawak, Kuching, Sarawak 93250, Malaysia
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Graduate School of Global Environmental Studies, Kyoto University, Yoshida-Honmachi, Sakyo, Kyoto 606-8501, Japan

Field surveys and specimen collection were approved by the State Government of Sarawak (Research Permit No. NPW.907.4.2(III)-68).
Supplementary data to this article can be found online.
I.F., T.K., and K.E. conceived and designed the study. I.F. performed the experiments, measured the specimens, and wrote the manuscript. M.M., K.N., and K.E. revised the manuscript. M.Y.H. arranged the field survey. M.Y.H., M.M., K.N., and K.E. collected the specimens in the field. All authors read and approved the final version of the manuscript.

Funds: This study was supported by the Shikata Memorial Trust for Nature Conservation to I.F., Asahi Glass Foundation to K.N., JSPS Core-to-Core Program Type B. Asia-Africa Science Platforms (Coordinator: M. Motokawa), and JST/JICA, SATREPS to T. Itioka. The field trip by M.M. and K.N. was made possible by a grant from the Monbusho through the Japanese Society for the Promotion of Science (JSPS; Field Research, No. 20405013) to M.M.

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Corresponding author: E-mail: kawashibi@gmail.com
Received Date: 2022-05-03
Accepted Date: 2022-07-26

Published Online: 2022-08-02

Abstract

Abstract

Miralia alternans (Ruess, 1833) is distributed in Borneo, Sumatra, and Java in Southeast Asia. The species is morphologically similar to Raclitia indica, a monotypic genus known from Peninsular Malaysia. Here, we collected a juvenile specimen of M. alternans from Borneo, and report on its coloration in life and first prey item recovered from the species. We also explored the phylogenetic position of the genus using molecular phylogenetic analysis of mitochondrial cyt b and nuclear PRLR, confirming M. alternans as sister to R. indica, with the two genera exhibiting relatively high genetic divergence (13.0%–13.1%).
- Borneo,
- Malaysia,
- Miralia,
- Mud snake,
- Phylogeny,
- Raclitia indica

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